If retractions of information is in order than the Dawn should do that, but, if the government is leveraging for the benefit of propaganda, then the Dawn has a real fight on it's hands.
Quite frankly, the entire global community knows Pakistan has ties to militants. The USA lost a helicopter during a raid on the compound of one of them. It is well known bin Laden had close ties to then General Musharraf. It is a known fact the Pakistan ISI is corrupt (click here). Pakistan needs to stop denying they are scared of militants and do something about it.
October 11, 2016
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) (click here) on Tuesday demanded the government immediately withdraw all restrictions on Dawn staffer Cyril Almeida and address grievances "in accordance with the law, due process and universally acknowledged freedoms of opinion and expression."
"Barring Cyril Almeida from travelling abroad and the apparent pressure on his employers, the highly respected Dawn newspaper, will cause distress to all those, at home and abroad, who believe in the freedom of expression and the rights of journalists. This is not the time to turn the international journalist community against Pakistan," the HRCP said.
"It seems that the authorities are overreacting to a story by Cyril, which touches on journalists’ responsibilities in times of trial. HRCP believes that civil-military relations are not a subject beyond the concerns of working journalists or the people at large."
Cyril Almeida, who wrote the news report "Act against militants or face international isolation, civilians tell military", was put on the country's Exit Control List (ECL) after the Prime Minister's Office issued three contradictions to the report....
